macOS search: Find Next / Find Previous (navigate_search:[next/previous]) don't work while search text field has focus

[pauley-unsaturated]

Issue Description

While using the new Find feature to search through the terminal history, I tried to use the cmd+G and cmd+shift+G default bindings for navigate_search:next and navigate_search:previous respectively.

Expected Behavior

I expect that the following sequence should work: command+F , command+G, command-shift+G work to find text in the terminal history, and then navigate up and down the found text instances.

Actual Behavior

I noticed that cmd-G and cmd-shift-G don't work, but if I use my mouse to change focus back into the main terminal surface the keybindings work.

Reproduction Steps

1. open Ghostty
2. type "echo Hello Hello Hello"
3. cmd+F
4. type "Hello"
5. See that three Hello instances are highlighted
6. cmd+G
7. cmd+shift+G
8. Nothing is orange highlighted
9. Click into the main surface
10. cmd+G, cmd+G
11. See that the second last instance of Hello is highlighted
12. cmd+shift+G
13. See that the last instance of Hello is highlighted

Ghostty Logs

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Ghostty Version

Tip of tree, commit 24546426c

OS Version Information

macOS 26.3 25D125

(Linux only) Display Server

None

(Linux only) Desktop Environment/Window Manager

No response

Minimal Ghostty Configuration

# Empty config will do it

Additional Relevant Configuration

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I acknowledge that:

• I have reviewed the FAQ and confirm that my issue is NOT among them.
• I have searched the Ghostty repository (both open and closed Discussions and Issues) and confirm this is not a duplicate of an existing issue or discussion.
• I have checked the "Preview" tab on all text fields to ensure that everything looks right, and have wrapped all configuration and code in code blocks with a group of three backticks (```) on separate lines.

[pauley-unsaturated]

Suggested patch here.
bff4389

Took me a bit of doing to fix it the "right" way.

I could use help with the process for filing a PR

[pauley-unsaturated]

I believe this could be the same as part of #9790

[pauley-unsaturated]

the "Use of keybindings in focused search bar" part of #9790

[pauley-unsaturated]

Asking for vouch in #11125

[00-kat]

FYI I repro this on GTK (Linux) too (not to say that this discussion should track that too).

[00-kat]

Let's keep this macOS-specific; I've opened #11410 for GTK.

[ackmanx]

Is this the discussion for getting "cmd + v" to work in the "Find" input or is that #9790 ? Looks like each discussion links to the other one 😄

[00-kat]

That one's #10749 (via #11530).

[ackmanx]

Oh thanks! I was using "find" in my searches and didn't see those ^_^